Employees everywhere it seems are seeking flexible work hours. They want to juggle their work commitments with family responsibilities. Some want to juggle it with volunteer work. And others want to juggle it with the transition to retirement.

Saturday 10 Nov 2018

No organisations have tried to make jobs worth liking. So much so that a recent survey by Rise Consulting, a company that aims to make work happy for everyone, found that two-thirds of Australian workers say they value happiness over money at work.

Bonnie Cochrane first learnt about flexibility as a young Aboriginal teaching assistant at Walgett, in western NSW. She worked fulltime while studying full time to qualify as a teacher and parenting two toddlers.

Trying to build a child's self-esteem by constantly praising them seems smart, but it can create an adult who struggles to accept mistakes and adapt to change. That can have a ripple effect: including at work.

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